Paula Findlen was strolling under the Renaissance arcades of Via Zamboni in Bologna, Italy. A graduate student in history of ...

Archaeologists in St. Augustine have discovered a British redoubt, uncovering a forgotten chapter of Florida’s colonial past ...

Early pictorial representations of their work as healers were restricted to alchemical texts and manuals. Over time, artists began to depict them in paintings, such as The Medical Alchemist (see image ...

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